BRIAN KOKOSKA




Forthcoming Exhibitions 

2021

TBD (solo), Sunny NY, New York, NY.

TBD (solo), González Jassan, Mexico City, MX.


Solo Exhibitions + 2 Person Shows

2020

Pastures of Plenty, OSMOS Address, New York, NY.

Pastures of Plenty, OSMOS Station, Stamford, NY.

2019

Long Hole Heart, Wil Aballe Art Projects, Vancouver, BC.

Metal Meadow (solo & curatorial), Camp Eternal Hell Chamber, Cobleskill, NY.

Exit Soul (solo & curatorial), Liberal Arts Roxbury, Roxbury, NY.

2018

I Want Your Orange Blood in My Muddy Pockets (w/ Pablo Picasso & Paul McCarthy), Mirat Projects, Madrid, ES.

The Pony Keeper, Chateau Du Fey, Burgundy, FR.

NADA, New York, NY.

2017

Skeleton Veins, L'inconnue, Montreal, QC.

2016

Trauma Sauna (w/ Chelsea Culprit, Ben Stone, Erik Frydenborg), Ashes/Ashes, Los Angeles, CA.

Granpalazzo, Valentin, Rome, IT.

Material Art Fair, Parallel Oaxaca, Mexico City, MX.

2015

Hush Hook, LOYAL, Stockholm, SE.

Poison IV, Valentin, Paris, FR.

Night Cage (w/ Chloe Seibert), Johannes Vogt Gallery, New York, NY.

Art Brussels, Johannes Vogt Gallery, Brussels, BE.

Fatal Dad (w/ Zack Davis), Brand New Gallery, Milan, IT.

2014

NADA, East Hampton Shed, Miami Beach, FL.

Rare Angel (w/ Debo Eilers), American Medium, Brooklyn, NY.

Blood Reply, Ohmydays, Singapore, SG.

2013

Hot Danger Moment, East Hampton Shed, East Hampton, NY.

Post Hope (w/ Leslie Baum), LVL3 Gallery, Chicago, IL.

2012

A Sad Ballad, Preteen Gallery, Mexico City, MX.

Painting Bitten by a Man (w/ Jonathan VanDyke), Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA.

Beige Infinity, Blanket Contemporary Art, Vancouver, BC.


Selected Group Exhibitions

2019

Dark Mode, Ashes/Ashes, New York, NY.

Commutiny, Sibling, Toronto, ON.

Flesh and Fantasy, Marvin Gardens, Ridgewood, NY.

Lucky Draw, Sculpture Center, Long Island City, NY.

Les Choses, Valentin, Paris, FR.

2018

Scorpio Rising, Best Western, Ridgewood, NY.

Moondog, East Hampton Shed, East Hampton, NY.

the little baby show, 315 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.

You Are Who You Think I Think You Are, American Medium, New York, NY.

Harper's Books at The Beverly Hills Hotel, Harper's Books, Los Angeles, CA.

Mature Themes, Foxy Production, New York, NY.

Documenting Reality, Kunsthalle Wichita, Wichita, KS.

2017

Transitions; Transatlantic Treatments, Rod Bianco, Oslo, NO.

Nightline, 44th Drive Pier, Long Island City, NY.

2016

Reality Bytes, Frank F. Yang Art & Education Foundation, Shenzhen, CN.

True Love Over Physics, COMA, Sydney, AU.

NADA, American Medium, Miami Beach, FL.

The Art of The Matter, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, MO.

Goddag Mann! Kuntsamling, Rogaland Contemporary Art Centre, Stavanger, NO.

Project room, Valentin, Paris, FR.

RBC 2016, The Power Plant, Toronto, ON.

True Believer, The Pony Club, Antwerp, BE.

I'm a Horse Now, East Hampton Shed, East Hampton, NY.

Dark Mimes, Ashes/Ashes, Los Angeles, CA.

White Columns Benefit, White Columns, New York, NY.

Face To Face, Palazzo Fruscione, Salerno, IT.

Art Los Angeles Contemporary, Valentin, Los Angeles, CA.

2015

Jerry Bruckheimer Films, New York, NY.

Bomber, LOYAL, Stockholm, SE.

Key Figures, Adams and Ollman, Portland, OR.

The Armory Show, Valentin, New York, NY.

A Friend Is Only A Human Body, Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, New York, NY.

Material Art Fair, American Medium, Mexico City, MX.

2014

24/7, Brooklyn Rail Curatorial Projects, Monte Carlo, Miami Beach, FL.

Buying Friends: The Kortman Collection, UICA, Grand Rapids, MI.

Cherry on Top(less), Topless, Rockaway Beach, NY.

Not My Pumpkin, Dateline, Denver, CO.

Saving Face, The Still House Group, Brooklyn, NY.

Paging Yolanda, Johannes Vogt Gallery, New York, NY.

It's Been Four Years Since 2010, Arcadia Missa, London, UK.

Fruit/Flowers/Appliances, LVL3 Gallery, Chicago, IL.

I Wanna Kiss You Like I Kissed You Before, Material Art Fair, Preteen Gallery, Mexico City, MX.

2013

Andy Warhol: Life, Death and Beauty, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Mons, BE.

Fishing in the Dark, Violet's Cafe, Brooklyn, NY.

National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON.

Fun Sponge (w/ Alex Da Corte), ICA, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME.

QT Benefit, Peregrine Program, Chicago, IL.

I Don't Know It's an Illusion I Don't Care, Vamiali's Gallery, Athens, GR.

Year of the Snake, Mobil Museum, New York, NY.

Beer Picnic, Preteen Gallery, Mexico City, MX.

2012

C:REAM, Miami World IC, Miami Beach, FL.

Numb Nothing Close, et al Projects, Brooklyn, NY.

So Confused LOL, Beo_Project, Belgrade, RS.

I'm Too High to Deal With This Shit Right Now, 72 Truck, Madrid, ES.

White Columns Benefit Exhibition, White Columns, New York, NY.

2011

NADA Art Fair, Blanket Contemporary Art Inc., Miami Beach, FL.

Nothingness and Being Skinny, Black Cubicle, Mexico City, MX.

SO GAY!, The Apartment, Vancouver, BC.

2009

The Hand of a Stranger (w/ Barry Doupé), Shudder Gallery, Vancouver, BC.




Brian Kokoska (b. 1988, Vancouver, BC) is a New York based artist working with painting, sculpture and installation. He received a BFA from Emily Carr University of Art and Design in 2010. His work has been exhibited at Chateau Du Fey (Burgundy), L’inconnue (Montreal), Loyal Gallery (Stockholm), Valentin (Paris), Vox Populi (Philadelphia), OSMOS (New York), Frank F. Yang Art & Education Foundation (Shenzhen), COMA (Sydney), Contemporary Art Museum (St. Louis), Palazzo Fruscione (Palermo), UICA (Grand Rapids), National Gallery (Ottawa), and ICA Maine College of Art (Portland). Kokoska's work has been published and reviewed in The New Yorker, Philadelphia Inquirer, Mousse Magazine, VICE, Notion Magazine, The Portland Mercury, Dazed, New York Observer, Canadian Art, Artforum, The New York Times and Art Papers. In 2020, he completed the OSMOS residency in Stamford, NY.


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